(18836) Raymundto Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Raymund Chun-Hung To (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics team project. He was also awarded first place in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Raymundto is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raymundto is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18836
Provisional designation1999 NM62
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.12
Orbital period3.31 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.40 au
Eccentricity0.0815
Inclination3.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 13 July 1999

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